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J. E. PURDY.

NECK You.

No. 402,193. Patented Apr. 30. 1889.

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JAMES EDWARD PURDY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

N ECK-YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,193, dated April 30, 1889.

Application filed August 17, 1888- Serial No. 282,964. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES EDWARD PURDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neck-Yokes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in neck-yokes. f

The object of the present invention is the production of a neck-yoke center of simple and inexpensive construction, capable of adjustment to suit any sized yoke, and also capable of withstanding great wear without increasing the size of the tongue-opening,

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a neck-yoke center constructed in accordance with this invention and illustrating the man ner of securing it to the yoke. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clamping-plates, which render the neck-yoke center adjustable to any sized yoke.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the top piece, A' the bottom piece, and A the loop of a neck-yoke, which portionsare integral and constructed of a single piece of leather that is bent in the middle to form the loop A The size of the loop A is regulated by clamping-plates B and B, which adapt the neck-yoke center to be employed upon any sized yoke C, and will hereinafter be more fully described. The neck-yoke center has a tongue-opening, A which is prevented fromstretching and becoming too large for use by a metal ring, D, and re-enforcing pieces E and E, that are secured together and to the top and bottom pieces, A and A by stitching.

The metallic ring D preserves the shape of the tongue-opening, and has its outer circumference beveled, thereby causing the neckyoke center to be bulged out and increased in thickness around the tongue-opening A the point which is'subjected to the most wear and strain.

- The re-enforcing piece E is of the same length and shape and is bent into the same form as the loop A and the top and bottom piecesAand A,while the re-enforcing pieces E cenform to the configuration of the top and bottom pieces.

In cutting the lower layers of leather to provide the tongue-opening, portions F are formed by not entirely separating the leather which is forced up through the tongue-openingA to receive the wear. These wear-pieces F, when the neck-yoke is in use, lie beneath the tongue and materially increase the durability of the neck-yoke center.

.The clamping-plates B and B which render the loop A adjustable, are constructed of suitable metal and clamped together and around the neck-yoke center by nuts G and bolts H, which pass through the said plates and the neck-yoke center. The plate B has its ends I) bent at right angles to fit around the edges of the neck-yoke center.

The clamping-plate B also has its ends I) bent at right angles, and they are provided with recesses 6 which receive the ends I) of the other clamping-plate, B. The ends b of the clamping-plate B are provided with curved flanges 19 which fit up against the yoke O and prevent the same turning and wearing the neck-yoke loop A From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood.

Having thus described the invention, I claim- 1. The neckyoke center herein described,-

10 bottom of said opening, and pushed through the same to receive the Wear from the tongue, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hate hereto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES EDlVARD PITRDY.

Witnesses: I

JAMES E. BROWN, JOHN F. JACKSON. 

